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What are your thoughts about authors revising their older works to make them more modern? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Melenduwir@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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Probably the best example I can think of is Diane Duane reworking her Wizards series to make it modern-day, but there are others, including owners of a literary estate altering books left to them to make them compatible with current standards.

What do you think? Does it matter if it's the original author or an inheritor?

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[–] Owlish_Howl@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Well as an artist I can understand the wish to revise work that one thinks isn't good enough anymore (or relatable enough) but I think overall it's wasted time that could be spend on new works.
People still read old literature and love it, without the authors coming back from their grave for an update.
It's a nice thought, but it's not necessary and might even make things worse.